Hillel Arnold / @helrond Head of Digital Programs, Rockefeller Archive Center #### `http://hillelarnold.com/staticAid/` #### `https://github.com/helrond/staticAid` #### `http://bit.ly/staticaid` # Thanks! @edUIConf @HenrikJoreteg @code4lib 2016 organizers @trevorthornton ##ArchivesSpace REST API ##JSON ##Jekyll templates ##HTML ##`GET resources/` ##`GET resources/trees/` ##`GET archival_objects/` ##`GET agents/` ##`GET subjects/` #`makePages.py` #`jekyll serve` ## HTML pages Collections Archival objects Subjects Agents (people, family, corporate bodies) ## responsive! ## schema.org! ## fast! # THIS IS NOT PERFECT ## No search ## Not fancy # Who cares? ## Speed matters ## Maintainability matters ArchivesSpace instance Python Github repository/Github pages # `` ## Version control for content ## The right tool for the job #Thanks! --- title: Making EAD Make Sense css: "making-ead-make-sense" transition: convex option: -controls: false, -progress: false, -history: true, -center: true, --- ## Making EAD Make Sense Hillel Arnold / @helrond Lead Digital Archivist, Rockefeller Archive Center ------ ## So you have EAD. ## Now what? ------ ## Finding aids {data-background="img/container-lists.jpg" data-background-transition="concave"} ------  ------ ## User challenges Linear discovery Complex structure Distance between context and content Jargon-heavy Not suited to online discovery environments ------ ## The Dusty Archive
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## eXtensible Text Framework (XTF) {data-state="comment2 fadein} ------ ## Default XTF Interface Bad HTML Limited Discovery ------
## So you have problems. {data-state="comment3 fadein} ## Now what? ------ # Tools! ------
## Web Analytics {data-state="comment5 fadein"} ------ ## Where are our users?  ------ ##Event Tracking Record almost any user interaction with a web page Clicks, scrolls, downloads, etc. ------
## More like this {data-state="comment6 fadein"} 1. Click to show more options 2. Click to view one of the options ------ ## Show, but not view
 ------ ## Try, then abandon  ------
## Usability Testing {data-state="comment8 fadein} ------ ## It's as easy as...
1. Write the test 2. Run the test 3. Evaluate the results ------ ## ...which is not all that easy.
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## Test, test, test! {data-state="comment7 fadein"} ## Then test again. ------ ## So you have tools. ## Now what? ------ # Strategies! ------ ## Atomize the finding aid ------ ## Context... ------ ## ...in the right amount ------
## Proximity {data-state="comment11 fadein"}  ------ ## Improve structured data ------
## Ouch! {data-state="comment12 fadein"}  ------ ## Google Webmaster Tools ------
## Poor indexing {data-state="comment13 fadein"}  ------ ## Sitemap  ------ ## Simplify and stabilize `http://dimes.rockarch.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/FA308/FA308.xml;chunk.id=headerlink;doc.view=contents` `http://dimes.rockarch.org/FA308/contents` ------
## Structured Data {data-state="comment14 fadein"} ------ ## schema.org ------
## From your page... {data-state="comment19 fadein"}  ------
## ...to Google's index! {data-state="comment15 fadein"}  ------ ##It works!  ------
## Social media markup {data-state="comment16 fadein"} Twitter cards Open Graph (Facebook) ------ ## Get Responsive ------ ## Increasing mobile users  ------
## Mobilegeddon! {data-state="comment17 fadein"} ------ ## Responsive web design ------ @media screen and (max-width:320px) { //Cool styles for phones go here! } ------ ## Big screens  ------ ## Little screens  ------ ## Create a user-centered culture ------
# Empathy {data-state="comment18 fadein"} ------ ## It's all about the people. ------ # Thank you! ## [bit.ly/nyac-ead](http://bit.ly/nyac-ead) ------
Better Search Through Listening
Hillel Arnold / [@helrond](http://twitter.com/helrond)
Lead Digital Archivist, Rockefeller Archive Center<
Hello!
{data-background="img/hillcrest.jpg" data-background-transition="concave"} The dusty archives
Teamwork!
- Sibyl Schaefer - Assistant Director, Head of Digital Programs
- Patrick Galligan - Assistant Digital Archivist
- >Bonnie Gordon - Assistant Digital Archivist
D-Team Goals
- Leverage technology in an innovative way.
- Provide high quality, standards-based care of digital collections.
- Provide enhanced discovery tools.
- Enable the exposure and broad use of RAC collections.
- Serve as a leader and model for the archival community.
{data-background="img/binders.jpg" data-background-transition="concave"} Binders!
eXtensible Text Framework
Problems!
Default Interface
- Frames!
- HTML tables!
- Inline styles!
504 Bad Gateway
The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.
Finding Aids
- Document-centric
- Not suited to online discovery environments
- Jargon-heavy
People
Change is scary...
...especially for archivists.<
Feedback quality and frequency<
Anecdotes and incomplete data
Diagnose, Resolve, Confirm
(rinse and repeat)
Qualitative
- Web analytics
- Server logs
Quantitative
- Usability testing
- Changing organizational culture
Web Analytics
Ouch!
initial sources
Google Webmaster Tools
Poor indexing
bad indexing
Simplify and stabilize
http://dimes.rockarch.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/FA308/FA308.xml;chunk.id=headerlink;doc.view=contents
http://dimes.rockarch.org/FA308/contents
Structured Data
schema.org
From your page...
schema metadata
...to Google's index!
google structure data results
It works!
increase search traffic
Event Tracking
- Record almost any user interaction with a web page
- Clicks, scrolls, downloads, etc.
More like this
- Click to show more options
- Click to view one of the options
Show, but not view
more like this
Try, then abandon
events per session
Table of contents
table of contents
What are users looking at?
clicks on table of contents
Server Logs
Access Log
127.0.0.1 - [10/Oct/2013:13:55:36 -0700] "GET /FA001/collection HTTP/1.0" 200 2326
Multiple requests, same URL
[21/Sep/2014:06:51:12 +0000] "GET /view?docId=ead/FA308/FA308.xml;chunk.id=ref2507
[21/Sep/2012:06:51:12 +0000] "GET /view?docId=ead/FA308/FA308.xml;chunk.id=ref2507
[21/Sep/2012:06:51:13 +0000] "GET /view?docId=ead/FA308/FA308.xml;chunk.id=ref2507
[21/Sep/2012:06:51:14 +0000] "GET /view?docId=ead/FA308/FA308.xml;chunk.id=ref2507
[21/Sep/2012:06:51:14 +0000] "GET /view?docId=ead/FA308/FA308.xml;chunk.id=ref2507
[21/Sep/2012:06:51:14 +0000] "GET /view?docId=ead/FA308/FA308.xml;chunk.id=ref2507{data-background="img/container-lists.jpg" data-background-transition="concave"} Container Lists
Context...
...in the right amount
Hierarchy
Search Results
More information
more information
Bookbag
bookbag
Usability Testing
Institutional context
- No IRB
- Geographic location
- Pre-visit communication
It's as easy as...
- Write the test
- Run the test
- Evaluate the results
...which is not all that easy.
Test, test, test!
Then test again.
Changing Organizational Culture
D-Team Values
- Vision - where we're going
- Work plan - what we're doing
- Values - how we're working<
Think of the user
Think of the user
Think of the user
Think of the user
Think of the user
Think of the user
Think of the user
Think of the user
Think of the user
Think of the user
UI change = Organizational change<
UI professionals are change agents
Communicate
Push out (information)
Get out (of your office)<
Show the way
Make it fun
{data-background="img/searchy-hollow.jpg" data-background-transition="concave"} Searchy Hollow
{data-background="img/dimes.jpg" data-background-transition="concave"} DIMES
Staff are users too!
Be a better person
- Have a thick skin
- Be approachable and willing to approach
- Back it up
It's all about the people.
Thank you!
From Transfer
to Access
Digital Records at the
Rockefeller Archive Center
Hillel Arnold, Lead Digital Archivist
hello!
principles
processes
tools
who we are
collect, preserve and provide access
growth, transfer and spread of knowledge
scholars & history
archives are used for
institutional histories
information about grantees
relationships
it's about more than just you!
transparency & openness
processes
accessioning
arrangement and description
access
the blue tunnel
principles → processes → tools
accessioning and transfer
physical and intellectual control
principles
authenticity
security
stability
tools
BagIt
transfer mechanism: DropBox, rsync, physical media
Archivematica
arrangement and description
represent context of creation and maintenance
principles
describe the creators of records
describe the records
maintain original order
document archival interventions
create structured data
tools
Forensic Toolkit
ArchivesSpace
access
making our records discoverable, accessible, and reusable
principles
lower barriers to discovery
focus on user's needs
multiple discovery points and methods
accessible to all - assistive technology, mobile devices, web crawlers
tools
structured data
DIMES
principles → processes → tools
thank you!
harnold@rockarch.org
@helrond
Making EAD Make Sense
Hillel Arnold / @helrond
Lead Digital Archivist, Rockefeller Archive Center
So you have EAD.
Now what?
Finding aids
transform
User challenges
Linear discovery
Complex structure
Distance between context and content
Jargon-heavy
Not suited to online discovery environments
{data-background="img/hillcrest.jpg" data-background-transition="concave"}
eXtensible Text Framework (XTF) {data-state="comment2 fadein}
Default XTF Interface
Bad HTML
Limited Discovery
So you have problems. {data-state="comment3 fadein}
Now what?
Tools!
Web Analytics
Where are our users?
geographic
Event Tracking
Record almost any user interaction with a web page
Clicks, scrolls, downloads, etc.
More like this
- Click to show more options
- Click to view one of the options
more like this
Try, then abandon
events per session
Usability Testing {data-state="comment8 fadein}
## It's as easy as...- Write the test
- Run the test
- Evaluate the results
Test, test, test!
Then test again.
So you have tools.
Now what?
Strategies!
Atomize the finding aid
Context...
...in the right amount
Proximity
more info
Improve structured data
Ouch!
initial sources
Google Webmaster Tools
Poor indexing
bad indexing
Sitemap
sitemap
Simplify and stabilize
http://dimes.rockarch.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/FA308/FA308.xml;chunk.id=headerlink;doc.view=contents
http://dimes.rockarch.org/FA308/contents
Structured Data
schema.org
From your page...
jdr schema.or data
...to Google's index!
indexed data
It works!
search traffic increase
Social media markup
Twitter cards
Open Graph (Facebook)
Get Responsive
Increasing mobile users
mobile users
Mobilegeddon!
Responsive web design
@media screen and (max-width:320px) {
//Cool styles for phones go here! }Big screens
big screen
Little screens
phone